Get a new vet...right away! Poor baby....keep up the assisted feeding and let us know what the bloodwork shows!
Debbie (COL) "The time is always right to do what is right" - Martin Luther King > From: gisell...@hotmail.com > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 21:02:52 +0000 > Subject: [Felvtalk] Pixie didn't eat during the five days I was away > > > Hi everyone, > > Pixie is my best buddy and constant companion as I work from home. She's a > 4-year old female FeLV+. Last Thursday I went away for 5 days, leaving her > home alone with a neighbor coming over for at least an hour each day to keep > her company, feed wet food, brush, clean litterbox, etc. I returned from my > trip yesterday and immediately knew something was wrong -- Pixie didn't come > greet me and her dry food and water bowls were almost totally full (how I > left them before leaving on Thursday). > > The neighbor said Pixie didn't eat her wet food either. She is now much > skinnier around the midsection/haunches and clearly weak. Straight away I > syringe-fed her a wet food & water slurry before rushing over to the vet > where the vet on duty found Pixie had lost over 1 lb (since she was last > weighed in 2007) and said her gums and eyes looked pale. The vet suggested > Pixie might have nonregenerative anemia linked to bone marrow failure. > > She had some blood drawn, got weighed and had temperature taken but that's > it. I'm waiting to hear the blood work results tomorrow. Vet didn't even > recommend how to deal with the weight loss and probable dehydration. Didn't > suggest x-rays either. This woman basically shrugged when I asked about > courses of treatment (like, why bother?) for a FeLV cat who might have > anemia. > > Bottom line: I'm terrified about Pixie and don't know what to do to help her > recover. She's my second cat ever, and first cat I've been primary caregiver > to. I feel guilty about going away at all last week, but she had been OK on > previous occasions when I travelled. I've been syringe-feeding her slurries > every 2 hours all day but she doesn't seem to be regaining strength and she's > breathing faster than normal and I catch her staring blankly. > > Any advice from you guys is much appreciated. > Thanks, > Giselle > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Hotmail® has ever-growing storage! Don’t worry about storage limits. > http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/Storage?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_Storage1_052009 > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org _________________________________________________________________ Drag n’ drop—Get easy photo sharing with Windows Live™ Photos. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowslive/products/photos.aspx _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
